Highlighted Projects http://www.insme.it This section is dedicated to presenting transnational projects, programmes and initiatives managed by INSME Members that are related to SMEs competitiveess and innovation. daily 1 2011-03-22T15:39:15Z Strategy Lab http://www.insme.it/projects-and-initiatives/strategy-lab Smart Specialization is a new concept aimed at identifying regional economic niches to facilitate the channelling of EU Innovation Structural Funds towards key regional innovation assets and to maximize their impact on regional competitiveness. Smart Specialization is a new concept aimed at identifying regional economic niches to facilitate the channelling of EU Innovation Structural Funds towards key regional innovation assets and to maximize their impact on regional competitiveness.

To learn more, take a look at: www.meta-group.com/strategylab.

NEW VIDEO on “Smart Specialisation” from the META Group Innovation Practitioners Series is now available at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX0sQNu3jI4

To see the previous video of the Series, “Triple Helix: the role of Industries and Entrepreneurs”, visit: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XBfYCak90o&feature=related

]]> No publisher INSME 2011-10-24T10:52:36Z Project MEDATECH http://www.insme.it/projects-and-initiatives/47 The MEDATECH project has been launched in March 2000 by ASTER ( The Science Technology and Enterprise Consortium) within the Meda Private Sector Development Programme (PSDP), with the aim to promote innovation and technology transfer among SMEs and intermediaries of the Mediterranean Area (Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan, Libanon, Palestinians, Egypt, Syria).
This project aims at achieving the following goals:

  • To increase the competitiveness and the technological performances of SMEs and Intermediaries in order to help the creation of a euro-Mediterranean free-trade zone in 2010;
  • To cooperate with experts in the field of innovation, technological development, quality and R&D;
  • To identify new cooperation opportunities between technopoles and Italians and Mediterranean SMEs;
  • To set up long time relationships with local instit
]]> No publisher admin 2011-05-15T17:38:10Z Project J-Bilat project http://www.insme.it/projects-and-initiatives/j-bilat-project J-Bilat project, contributed by the European Commission, aims to facilitate EU-Japan cooperation in research and innovation with a view to reinforce collaboration and S&T partnerships. The project is based on the creation and development of an information support mechanism for the research community in Japan. J-Bilat project, contributed by the European Commission, aims to facilitate EU-Japan cooperation in research and innovation with a view to reinforce collaboration and S&T partnerships. The project is based on the creation and development of an information support mechanism for the research community in Japan.

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